"Eres tú" (; "You Are") is a popular Spanish language song written in 1973 by
Juan Carlos Calderón
Juan Carlos Calderón López de Arróyabe (7 July 1938 – 25 November 2012) was a Spanish singer-songwriter and musician.
Born in Santander, he was the author of "Eres tú", which, performed by Mocedades, came second in the Eurovision Song Con ...
and performed by the Spanish band
Mocedades
Mocedades () is a Spanish singing group from the Basque Country, who represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1973 with the hit song "Eres Tú". Since June 2014, ''Mocedades'' has been the name of two bands: one with Izaskun Uranga ...
, with
Amaya Uranga
Amaya Uranga Amezaga (born 18 February 1947) is a Spanish singer from Bilbao, best known for the 15 years she spent as a member of the Basque folk/pop sextet Mocedades. She is a cousin of director Pablo Berger.
Biography
Uranga formed Moced ...
performing the lead vocal.
It was chosen as 's entry in the
Eurovision Song Contest 1973
The Eurovision Song Contest 1973 was the 18th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, following the country's victory at the with the song " Après toi" by Vicky Leandros. Organised by the Eur ...
. After reaching second place in the contest, it was released as a
single
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* "Single" (New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo song), 2008
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* "Single", by ...
.
This song also has an
English
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version titled "Touch the Wind" with lyrics by
Mike Hawker
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.
This song also has an Indonesian version titled "Hatiku" ("My Heart") with gospel lyrics used in Catholic mass.
Eurovision
The edition of the
Eurovision Song Contest
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took place on 7 April 1973 and was held at
Luxembourg (city)
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, the capital of
Luxembourg
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. The song was performed seventh on the night, following 's
Marie
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* Marie (died 1759), an enslaved Cree person in Tro ...
with "
Un train qui part
The Eurovision Song Contest 1973 was the 18th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, following the country's victory at the with the song "Après toi" by Vicky Leandros. Organised by the Euro ...
" and preceding 's
Patrick Juvet
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with "
Je vais me marier, Marie
The Eurovision Song Contest 1973 was the 18th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest. It took place in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, following the country's victory at the with the song "Après toi" by Vicky Leandros. Organised by the Euro ...
". Composer Juan Carlos Calderón himself conducted the live orchestra. At the close of voting, the song had received 125 points, placing second in a field of 17, after 's own
Anne-Marie David
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Career
David was born and raised in Casablanca, French Protecto ...
with "
Tu te reconnaîtras
"Tu te reconnaîtras" (; "You'll Recognize Yourself"), sung in French by French singer Anne-Marie David representing , was the winning song at the Eurovision Song Contest 1973 – the first time a country won the contest two years in successi ...
" with 129 points. The 's
Cliff Richard
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with "
Power to All Our Friends
"Power to All Our Friends" is a song by Cliff Richard which was chosen as the entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1973, by a postal vote which was decided by BBC viewers after Richard performed six contending songs on ''A Song For Europe'', fe ...
" finished third with 123 points. "Eres tú" was succeeded as Spanish representative at the
1974 contest by
Peret
Pedro Pubill Calaf ( ; 24 March 1935 – 27 August 2014), better known as Peret, was a Spanish Romani singer, guitar player and composer of Catalan rumba from Mataró (Barcelona).
Known for his 1971 single, "Borriquito" (Ariola Records), Per ...
with "
Canta y sé feliz
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".
Worldwide success
In 1974, "Eres tú" became one of the few Spanish language songs to reach the top 10 in the
United States
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, peaking at #9 in the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and also reaching the top 10 on the
Adult Contemporary
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chart. In the United States, it is still heard on
Adult Standards and
Easy Listening
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radio. The
B-side
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of the
single
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* Single (music), a song release
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was the English-language version entitled "Touch the Wind", which featured a completely different set of lyrics, rather than a translation of the original Spanish lyrics.
Radio station
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s generally preferred to play the original
A-side
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version. There were also several covers of the tune in both English and Spanish, only one of which ("Touch the Wind" by
Eydie Gorme Eydie may refer to:
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Advisory Neighborhood Commission
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), charted, becoming a minor Adult Contemporary hit.
With "Eres tú", Mocedades are one of the five musical acts from Spain to have scored a top ten hit in the United States (the others are
Los Bravos
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,
Julio Iglesias
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,
Enrique Iglesias
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and
Los del Río
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with "
Macarena
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"), and the only to have a top ten hit sung entirely in Spanish (the version of Los del Río's "Macarena" was a remix by the Bayside Boys with English vocals). The song was inducted into the
Latin Grammy Hall of Fame
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in 2013. In 2015, "Eres tú" ranked #47 on ''Billboards 50 Greatest Latin Songs of All Time.
The success of "Eres tú" was not limited to just pop or Spanish music radio. In 1976, a guitar instrumental by country singer
Sonny James
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reached #67 on the
Hot Country Singles
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chart. In 1977, Tex-Mex country singer
Johnny Rodriguez
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In the 1970s and ...
– who had earlier success with mixing English and Spanish lyrics in his songs – recorded a cover version and released it to country radio. The song peaked at #25 in the fall of 1977 on the
Hot Country Singles
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chart.
Plagiarism controversy
One of the biggest Eurovision scandals resulted from the perceived similarity between the melody of "Eres tú" and that of 's
1966
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entry "
Brez besed
Yugoslavia was present at the Eurovision Song Contest 1966, held in Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
Before Eurovision
''Jugovizija 1966''
The Yugoslav national final to select their entry, was held on 23 January at the Dom Sindikata in Belgrade. Th ...
" ("Without words"). However, the authors of "Brez besed" neither officially complained nor filed a lawsuit, as neither was common practise at the time.
Chart history
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
In other languages
By Mocedades
*"Eres tú" (Spanish)
*"Touch the Wind" (English)
*"Das bist du" (German)
*"C'est pour toi" (French)
*"Viva noi" (Italian)
*"Zu zara" (Basque)
By other groups
*"Dicht bij jou" (Dutch)
*"Rør Ved Mig" (Danish)
*"Touch the Wind" (English)
*"I mitt liv" (Norwegian)
*"Rör vid mig" (Swedish)
*"Správný tón" (Czech)
*"Eres tú" (Morat; Spanish, Colombia)
*"Runoni kaunein olla voit" (Finnish)
*"Sinä vain" (Finnish)
*"Co gai rung mo" (Vietnamese)
*"That's You" (English)
*"Will My Love Be You" (English)
*"C'est pour toi" (French)
*"Jy's vir my" (Afrikaans)
*"É você" (Brazilian Portuguese)
*"Du bist wie die Sonne" (German)
*"Waar naartoe" (Dutch)
*"Selline sa oled" (Estonian)
*"" (Korean)
Covers
*
Il Divo
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, "Eres tú" (2015).
*101 Strings — "Eres tú"
*
Acker Bilk
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— "Eres tú"
*Al estilo de Mocedades — "Eres tú"
*Alvaro Clemente — "Eres tú"
*Amaya Uranga & Juan Carlos Calderón — "Eres tú"
*Anacani — "Eres tú"
*Andrés Calamaro — "Eres tú"
*An & Jan (Rot) — "Dicht bij jou" (Dutch)
*Atalaje — "Eres tú"
*Austin Kelley & Mantovani — "Eres tú"
*Bedevilers — "Eres tú" (punk rock)
*
Bert Kaempfert
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— "Touch the Wind" (English)
*
Bertín Osborne
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— "Eres tú"
*
Bing Crosby
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— "Eres tú" (included in his 1975 album ''
Bingo Viejo'')
*Bo Doerek — "Eres tú"
*Bres Bezed — "Eres tú"
*Bullerfnis — "Rør ved mig" (Danish)
*Byron Lee and the Dragonaries — "Eres tú"
*Calito Soul — "Eres tú"
*
Camila Mendes — "Eres tú" (''
Riverdale'')
*Cerveza Mahou — "Eres tú"
*
Charo
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Charo began playing guitar at the age of nine and trained under the famed A ...
— "Eres tú"
*Collage — "Selline sa oled" (Estonian)
*Daniela Castillo — "Eres tú"
*Dansk top — "Rør Ved Mig" (Danish)
*David and the High Spirits — "Eres tú"
*
Eydie Gormé
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— "Eres tú"
*
Eydie Gormé
Eydie Gormé ( ; born Edith Gormezano; August 16, 1928 – August 10, 2013) was an American singer who had hits on the pop and Latin pop charts. She sang solo and in the duo Steve and Eydie with her husband, Steve Lawrence, on albums and telev ...
— "Touch the Wind" (1973 B-side)
*El Chaval De La Peca — "Eres tú"
*
El Consorcio
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— "Eres tú"
*El Frenillo de Gaugin — "Eres tú" (punk rock)
*El ser y ser — "Eres tú" (rap)
*Ennio Emmanuel- "Eres tú" (Spanish)
*Estela Raval — "Eres tú" (Argentine Spanish)
*Ex Masters — "San joe taigie mie" (Surinamese)
*
Floyd Cramer
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— "Touch the Wind" (English)
*Gé Korsten — "Touch the Wind" (English)
*Gebroeder Brouwer — "Eres tú" (Trumpet instrumental)
*GrupoSarao — "Eres tú"
*
Hella Joof
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& Peter Frödin — "Rør ved mig" (Danish)
*Howard Morrison Chor — "Eres tú"
*III of a Kind Philippines — "Eres tú"
*Ilanit — "Eres tú"
*Inger Lise Rypdal — "I mitt liv" (Norwegian)
*Inger Öst — "Rör vid mig" (Swedish)
*Jimmy Mitchell — "Eres tú" (Spanish with Texan accent)
*
Johnny Mathis
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and Juan Carlos Calderón — "Touch the Wind" (English with Spanish chorus)
*Johnny Reimar — "Rør ved mig" (Danish)
*Johnny Rodriguez — "Eres tú"
*Josh Santana — "Eres tú" (Philippines 2009)
*Juan Carlos Calderón — "Eres tú" (composer version)
*Justo Lamas — "Eres tú"
*Karel Gott, Spravny Ton — "Eres tú" (Czech)
*Kathy Kelly — "Eres tú"
*Katri Helena — "Runoni kaunein olla voit" (Finnish)
*Katri Helena — "Sinä vain" (Finnish)
*
The Kelly Family
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— "Eres tú" on
Honest Workers (1991)
*Khanh Hà — "Cô gái rừng mơ" (Vietnamese)
*Korean Choir — "Eres tú"
*La Academia 4ta Generación — "Eres tú"
*La Decada Prodigiosa — "Eres tú"
*Lady Lu — "Eres tú"
*Landscape — "Touch the Wind" (English)
*Lecia & Lucienne — "Rør ved mig" (Danish)
*Lettermen — "Eres tú"
*Liceo Panamericano — "Eres tú"
*Little Angels of Korea — "Eres tú"
*Lola Ponce — "Eres tú"
*Luis Chacon — "Eres tú"
*
Luis Miguel
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— "Eres tú" (produced by Calderón)
*Lupita D'Alessio — "Eres tú"
*
Luz Casal
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She became famous in the early 1 ...
— "Eres tú"
*
Mantovani
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The book ''British Hit Singles & Albums'' stat ...
Orchestra — "Eres tú"
*Mariachi Vargas — "Eres tú"
*Mona — I mitt liv (Norwegian)
*Nana Mouskouri — "Touch the Wind" (English)
*Pandora — "Eres tú"
*Patricia Y Los Stars — "Eres tú"
*Patti Donelli @ USC-Pgh — "Touch the Wind" (English)
*
Percy Faith
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— "Touch the Wind" (English)
*
Perry Como
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— "Eres tu" (April 29, 1974)
*
Perry Como
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— "That's You" (English)
*
Perpetuum Jazzile
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The group was ...
— "Brez besed"/"Eres tú" (ironic medley of Eres tu with the song Calderón was accused of copying)
*
Petula Clark
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Clark's professional career began during the ...
— "Will My Love Be You" (English)
*Pistas — "Eres tú" (Panflute)
*
Ray Conniff
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Biography
Conniff was born November 6, 1916 in Attleboro, Massachusetts, United St ...
— "Eres tú"
*Reggae Chico Man — "Eres tú"
*Rika Zarai — "C'est pour toi" (French)
*Rina Hugo — "Jy's vir my" (Afrikaans)
*Roberto Delgado — "Eres tú" (Instrumental)
*Rob's Band — "Eres tú"
*Romantica de Xalapa — "Eres tú"
*Sandy Caldera — "Eres tú"
*Self Help Marines — "Eres Tu" — steel band instrumental version*
*Sonny James — "Eres tú"
* Soul Sanet — "Eres tú"
* Stef Meeder — "Tweedle dee", "Eres tú" (instrumental medley)
* Supremas de Mostoles — "Eres tú"
* Sweethearts — "Rør ved mig" (Danish)
* TBC — "Rør ved mig" (Danish Rap)
*
Thalía
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— "Tómame o déjame"
* The Mockers — "Eres tú"
* Tish Hinojosa — "Eres tú"
* Trigo Limpio Nueva Era — "Eres tú" (live)
* Volkana — Eurovision medley including "Eres tú"
* Wheeler St James — "Touch the Wind" (English)
* Willeke Alberti — "Waar naartoe" (Dutch)
* Yamaha Music — The theme from the song's chorus, with new English lyrics, was used by Yamaha Music in Australia for its advertisements during the 1970s and 80s.
* Zereno — "Eres tú"
* Aida Vedishcheva — "" (Russian)
* Verda Sümer & İstanbul Gelişim Orkestrası — "Eski dostlar ne oldu" (Turkish)
* A
guitar
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instrumental
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version of "Eres tú" was used in a
Bank of New Zealand
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campaign in the 1990s.
* In the movie ''
Tommy Boy
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'', there's a scene in which
Chris Farley
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and
David Spade
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sing the original Spanish version of "Eres tú" while presumably returning to Ohio.
* The cast of Dutch series ' (a Spanish hotel run by 1970s ex-patriots) performed the song as "Er is toe" ("
Dessert
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is ready").
* In the web series,
Jake and Amir (web series)
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Amir sings this song to Jake after getting back from a trip to Mexico.
References
Sources and external links
Official Eurovision Song Contest site, history by year, 1973.Detailed info and lyrics, The Diggiloo Thrush, "Eres tú".*
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eres Tu
Spanish-language songs
1973 singles
1974 singles
Eurovision songs of 1973
Congratulations Eurovision songs
Eurovision songs of Spain
Songs written by Juan Carlos Calderón
Latin Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients
Philips Records singles
Sony Music singles
Syco Music singles
Columbia Records singles
Mercury Records singles
1973 songs